Slavik & Karina Samba Video

Samba with Slavik Kriklyvyyj and Karina Smirnoff

[@vaisefiuder]

WARNING to BRAZILIANS: Never say to a gringo he does not have knowledge of something. It breaks their herarts 2+2 = 5

[@xxSanjoxx]

Come on people why do u guys freak out so fast. Obviously someone stole the name "Samba" from the Brazilians like the "airplane" that was succesfull invented in Brazil by Santos Dumont and not the Writh bros but most people in the world consider it an US invention. It is casual that other nations steal Brazil´s culture and other things but hell who cares. My point is the original Samba and the Samba in this video have nothing similar and u still call it Samba? Thats stupid.

[@พิศสมัยอุทธาเครือ-ฏ2จ]

I like. very much.(Thailand)​

[@greedyf00x]

I like entrance in shadow position roles :) whole choreography is not hard, but nice looking and with good composition :) Thx for share :)

[@xxMTBxx]

the movement is not just either from the knees or hips or stomach...The movement,the impulse is givem by the feet and knees using bounce action,but that impulse is contained in the stomach,so that the upper side of the body(chest,head) doesn't go up and down...but still the impulse must go somewhere,and that's why if you keep upper side still and contain bounce energy in the stomach,clean hip action will apear :D

[@milawati5178]

Very good 😊❤👍👍👍👍👍

[@jimetrillis]

Why can't people understand that this is BALLROOM SAMBA?! is not brazilian samba, it has nothing to do with Brasil, this kind of samba is part of a group of rythms that are danced in competitions all around the world, so stop comparing the brazilian samba with the ballroom samba!!

[@MixmasterM10]

These two are amazing and we mortals cannot appreciate the amount of effort that goes into presenting such a smooth routine. I can only aspire. I recognize many of these steps and I love how they've added some really nice flare to the steps. I've watched this a dozen times and will continue to watch it as I can learn a ton of info, wish I could watch it in slow motion to catch the detail. These two are incredible, I bought their DVD for Bronze, Silver and Gold steps thru DanceVision.

[@seravi]

@ngattuso08 It's not their fault that the British named this dance Samba 70 years ago. Also, by adopting it there, this particular dance stopped being Brazilian culture. Ballroom dance would acknowledge that the origin of the dance come from Brazil; but only ignorant people would confuse this with your dance. Regarding the dance being bad - well sure, it is bad if you are judging for being a Brazillian dance. But it is not.

[@Rogerioapsandrade]

Wrong. Samba is a combination of slaves´ drum percussion with old folk portuguese, both played with brazilian and portuguese instruments (chords and drums). It´s true that the drum beat came from Africa, but in Brazil it got a tottally different mood, when combined with all those elements. It lead to the creation of a totally new kind of music, that today are diverse from african drums.

[@gingermist21]

@XtremeDance10 Slavik coaches out of New York charges a lot I've heard. Karina coaches out of California sometimes NY. Not sure what she charges. He's doing more coaches though than she is. If he's at comps doing shows you can always get coaching then from him, it depends on the organizer. But at Millenium in FL he had coachings booked all day!

[@xxMTBxx]

"the more american version" LOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL....what's so "american" about it ???? europe has a much wider history in international dancing then the US .... then again...say the name of a Good american ballroom dancer that is really american

[@seravi]

@anonymous10001000 English was the language of England. That did not stop people from your country from butchering it, didn't it? Dances evolve. That's life. Two centuries ago, Samba did not even existed. So chill.

[@xxMTBxx]

Nr 1 Couple in the world right now is by far Bryan Watson&Carmen...after them there's michael malitowski and joanna leunis or...slavik&elena...there are many others but in this moment i think these 3 are the top couples

[@xxMTBxx]

I am tired of all "This is not the idiotic booty -shaking hot mamma brazilian samba" comments so I've deleted all of them,in respect for these 2 great dancers...

[@seravi]

@anonymous10001000 I don't know about a certain dance, but even Ballroom Samba went through a lot of changes in the last 50 years of constant development.

[@xxMTBxx]

again...i feel forced to delete all this "debate"...can you ppl stop with the freakin "it's not samba" bullshit???...don't watch the video then

[@alvitocabral]

at 0.47 did she move his hand to her waist??

[@xxMTBxx]

neah...i have to disagreee...there's no female dancer like joanna :) ... karina is good though

[@seravi]

@anonymous10001000 I'm not joking. I'm calling you ignorant - just in case you missed that.

[@u2bMODERATOR]

@maecellify heheh peoples think im trying to be Patriotic or Brazilian culture protector . But it is not . I´m Just trying to explain that some dancers and singers use the lack of knowledge of peoples in some issue to make them swallow their performance. As peoples use to call champagne the Sparkling drink made in another region or country, but Champagne is just the drink made in Champagne in France.:P Blessings!

[@u2bMODERATOR]

@rbsadler Well , i use globalization to point the opposite . When Brazil was Just a tropical country , and hollywood used to think that Amazônia and Rio Were near, and Buenos Ayres were our capital , it was excusable to dance some Tarzan dance. But now with the globalization and the knowledge that Brazil is going to be the 5 economy in the world , I ask: Would the French like if Ballet was shown as hip hop? I Reapeat: dacing well and dancing correctly is diferent. PS: I hate Samba! :P

[@rbsadler]

@u2bMODERATOR Things change. I mean, at first I was upset that those clogging teams on TV were calling themselves cloggers, but to them, they're being genuine. They don't have the cultural connection, and you can't blame them for that. In a world where globalization is happening at a rapid pace, nothing is going to stay pure. You just do the best you can to preserve what you can without impeding progress. Clogging and flat footing wouldn't exist without changing Irish step.

[@u2bMODERATOR]

@rbsadler Understand, but skills must be attached by discipline . It is still offensive that nor music nor the dance are not in any sense a pallid memory what is Samba. I guess the parrots in the film Rio can do better . I´m not a specialist and also not a samba enthusiastic, but i´m speechless about the mistake it is. And as i can see in many comments below , i´m not the only one .

[@anonymous10001000]

@AceyBlade this is why i dont like youtube arguments, they always diverge from the subject..... and indeed, it is very dull............ anyway, MY POINT FROM THE START is that samba music will always be samba music............point blank, samba is STRICTLY a brazilian music AND dance.............all other so called sambas do not qualify.............. im not saying these people are bad dancers, they are very talented, but they dont dance samba........

[@anonymous10001000]

@AceyBlade hold on....... didnt YOU say that a tempo was enough??? hey i cant help but be right if you are always contradicting yourself yes dancing, and music are 2 different entities............. BUT they function together, so yes we could sit hear and discuss how they are separate but it would would be pointless..............the whole purpose of dance was to go to music..........that is WHY people dance, it would be a very bland show if you danced but with no music so you can have funwiththat

[@anonymous10001000]

@AceyBlade you JUST proved my point..............you are saying exactly what i just disproved, a tempo does NOT equal a style of music.....and it is not enough if the piece has the correct tempo......... and how can you not correlate music to dancing??????? do you not agree that you dance hip hop to hip hop music?? salsa to salsa music?? SAMBA to SAMBA MUSIC?? rumba to rumba music?? need i go any further??

[@anonymous10001000]

@AceyBlade no DANCING IS SOCIAL, you can never take the social aspect of dancing out of it, period......dancing is a SOCIAL concept....... and half a century is a very short time to completely change a musical genre into something completely different..........if it had derived from BraSilian samba, then it would be a lot more obvious.....that is what im trying to say....there would be so much more reference to the original..........im saying that this could not have come from brasilian samba!

[@alexsampaio]

Hi, I think latin ballroom is really an interesting and beautiful dance.... but, I was trying to figure out the link to the original samba... I mean, why do they call this samba, since they are playing a kind of hispanic american pop music.... I don't know, cause samba is much more influenced by african moves, that I can't see in this dance. Not complaining, just being curious.... But please, brazilian samba is not just a "carnival music"...

[@laurapink123123]

you can't determine that this is not a samba just because it doesn't look like one to you. There are many types of different samba's in the world and the one you know might only be one type of it. Perhaps also samba songs can be in a different language too? Just like not every pop song is in english. So please stop trying to convince people that this is not a samba, because this is the american latin samba not your " brazillian samba". Also officially this is a samba.

[@GeneralSaltykov]

/this is last part of my posting, start reading from the third one below/ This here is a sort of ´posh´-samba, if you will. It doesn`t mean it has no right to be called samba! It is closest that European ballroom dancers got to the general rythm of samba in the first part of 1900`s. So what? Kill them? Your anger is ridiculous. Do you know paso doble is also far from the original dances in Spain? But spaniards never complain about it! They dance that as well as their own, falkways paso! Gosh!

[@dr.echevers]

There is no need of stupid comments, about who was born where or who does or doesn't dance like the two on the video. Without sarcasm and just in a professional way of a dancer I can say, this is exactly what in ballroom they call samba. But this stilistic samba is suffering the same loose of character like the ballroom tango, what has nothing more to do with the original tango, wich by the way was born in Buenos Aires. Street samba and ballroom samba come from Brazil, if they like it or not.

[@jiwone]

Unlike you, most people do NOT have a problem with the inclusion of several different versions of dance under the same name (except for other narrow-minded idiots on KZbin). Like dance, LANGUAGE is also in constant change,& the strongest definition of any word is often the MOST WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED DEFINITION. Dancesport Samba is BY FAR the more widely danced version of samba in the world. THIS form of samba is most certainly the more frequently sought after in KZbin.

[@jiwone]

Did I say samba is African? I said its roots can be traced back to Africa! Yes,Samba has been mixed in Brazil,but where is the logic that says IT MUST NEVER BE ALTERED/MIXED AGAIN? Music and dance are in constant change; to grapple over origin and ownership is the real pity. This samba has been altered even further in England--this does not make it any more fake, nor in need of another name. By your standards the apple pie, pumkin pie, and pecan pie sh-t is probably inordinately confusing.

[@maecellify]

@u2bMODERATOR ...good for you...i'm not saying you are.. i even respect your replies.. i guess i'm just easily amazed by how they made it look so easy... maybe i'm one of those people who doesn't completely understand the standard of this dances but the way it looks good in my eyes... :)))))).. tnx again..good day to you..

[@u2bMODERATOR]

@rbsadler And Look. The problem is that , it is not that they are doing the best to dance samba. It seems that they did the best to dance all but samba. because nor the song neither the dance remembers samba . I hate samba , I repeat , but if I may say one thing : This is not Samba . Peoples should be angry to go to a show where they lie to audience .

[@anonymous10001000]

@AceyBlade a tempo may be one part of a musical genre, but it does not make the genre....... a tempo is a tempo, a music genre is a music genre, big difference...............what makes a musical genre is certain key elements that MUST be present......if it doesnt have those qualities, then it doesnt qualify for the "intended" genre

[@IX19UT8O]

@Keeliv: Great comments. I agree 100 percent. Too many latin americans think their dancing way and only their way is the correct way to dance. It's to bad they cannot see and except other versions. What a boring world this would be if there was only one way of doing things. You described them perfectly, narrow minded enthnocentric fools (tools).

[@isisbjader]

I supose that foreign dancers should do a research about what realy is Samba. I never wacth anything who is close brazilian samba includin' this performance, neither the steps or the song. Please Brazilians don't speak spanish or dance latin music! This definitly are not Samba! And again please dancers do not disrespect my country!

[@jiwone]

sorry. samba is NOT FROM BRAZIL. Samba is a form of MUSIC, of which roots can be traced back to AFRICA (NOWHERE NEAR BRAZIL). AND Samba the DANCE is ANYWHICH WAY PEOPLE FEEL LIKE DANCING TO SAMBA, THE MUSIC. Only fools would claim that there is a 'real' way to dance Samba; only the ignorant would claim "Samba is from Brazil." Tsk tsk.

[@maecellify]

@u2bMODERATOR .. ^^.. good for you.. your not fake and you are not afraid to say what you want to say.. you're right...dancing has it's standard that not many people know.. i can't deny that i don't know it either..i'm easily amazed by how easily they make it look...that's just me i guess :)))))

[@anonymous10001000]

@seravi we didnt butcher it, if it wasnt for the english we wouldnt even speak english here.....we descend from the english, there is a difference......and this is definately not an "evolution" of dance...........a certain dance doesnt go from one thing to another in a heartbeat!!

[@ginsushark]

euro ballroom is mysterious to me. dancing with the stars jibberish where they do "latin" euroballroom dances to soft rock or pop is *very* mysterious to me. that said - this clip is all right. some of this stuff can be used in other dances like salsa , zouk lambada, bachata or whatever.

[@laurapink123123]

Since you believe you can dance in whatever you want and in the language you want, why aren't YOU respecting the international latin samba? We aren't saying that the Brazillian samba isn't important, we're trying to get people to understand there isn't only one samba that exist you know?

[@Nonana]

Dude Brazilian samba is danced by solo or groups ... International samba is danced in partners... and its a basic count is the same.... 1 a2 only in brazilian its super fast and has a lot of play in it and in international you can count the steps and its very much more formal.

[@GeneralSaltykov]

to argue about samba/nonsamba is the same, a to argue about the Vienna waltz and the waltz they actually did dance in Vienna in Schtrauss jr. times. Who cares? Come on!! Give us a break, ladies and gentlemen from Brazil. Or you start sounding like nazis form the dance world, sorry for the parallel.

[@dr.echevers]

I am very suprised, that someone is selling this as a samba, this is everything - less a samba. Kind of gipsy-movements and spanish elements, but not even one basic step or movement or figur from ballroom samba - like we do it in Brazil, where samba comes from. Peter Echevers

[@dyneryzen]

who said that this is not samba??? dude! this is AMAZING!

[@HolyNikos]

@ngattuso08 xaxaxaxa this is not brazilian samba this is something completely different so think and search before you post something in pablic. this is maybe the best dancers in latin-international that we see the last 10 years... get serious!!!!!

[@DianeHosler-hh1mv]

This is a wonderful samba! I would love to be their students. . . .just wonderful, charismatic and sexy, what more can I say! I used to dance samba when I was a little girl and this is just beautiful! Love watching them and they have chosen a great song!

[@RaymondTseng]

Slavik can learn Brazilian samba in 10 minutes. Give a guy 10 years and he still won't be able to dance this samba like Slavik. Stop trolling and appreciate the great dancing.

[@HolyNikos]

here free education for you!!!! then might be able to anderstan this is latin international dance and there is nothing to do with the think you dance! which is great btw but completely different dance and think....

[@MixmasterM10]

95% Basic?? Are you kidding??? No no, this is not basic Samba, even with all the styling... I see plenty of standard Gold steps, from running promenades to reverse turns in shadow these are top notch Samba steps!!!

[@b321s]

Ages ago now. Slavik was still brilliant with Elena, but Karina suited him more. Don't know whether it was something to do with their height matching better. Whatever, Karina was one of the best females in Latin.

[@maecellify]

@u2bMODERATOR hehe... i understand what you are saying you have a point.. still... your reply makes me laugh..and hungry... it's educational and yet comedic..hehe.. tnx for your opinion.. ^^

[@jimetrillis]

yep those are pros moves, im also dancing ballroom but im like in diapers compare to them heheh, still im very good at it even though i dont have a lot of time doing it, and i will be better, yay!!!

[@u2bMODERATOR]

@maecellify If you as pizza and receive a good apple pie, you will still think the cooker is good . But pizza is still a pizza and apple pie is still apple pie .

[@Nonana]

what do you mean this isn't a samba? you need to learn your ballroom dances before commenting missy..... Slavik is one of the best latin ballroom dancers out there!

[@emkeytube]

I think I was correct their mostly syllabus steps and as the video title says some of them we're innovated lol for an open figue (like that separated corta jaca)

[@xxSanjoxx]

People I´m sorry to tell ya that this is not Samba but in my opinion this dance looks nice. They only should invent another name for it couse it is not Samba.

[@seravi]

@anonymous10001000 *saids a person who does not know about dance history...

[@maecellify]

@u2bMODERATOR hehe... i understand what you are saying you have a point.. but..hahah! your reply makes me laugh..and hungry... tnx for your opinion.. ^^

[@creepmag62]

does it really matter whether you think its samba or not they are still excellent - damn those slinky hips!That bit at the start kills me oooohhhhh

[@rbsadler]

@u2bMODERATOR He does that in all of his dances, regardless of the style. I think it's his signature style, not his lack of dance knowledge.

[@xyf888]

Yes does anyone know who sings this version? And I can't believe the argument about samba is still going on - give the non-Brazilians some rest!

[@ripdanny18]

ballroom samba....hum. I had never heard about this kind of samba. but I really think 'samba de gafireira' is too much more beautiful.

[@BBoyInTheBallroom]

what are you talking about at .20 seconds... how is that incorrect, he changes weight, and does a stationary walk... thats correct.

[@26wingon]

quem quer aprender a sambar tem que vir pro rio em março. ps carnaval atraso esse ano

[@Popino09]

@LiviaBaldoino Não se chama axé o estilo de música para o samba das danças de salão?

[@pepsik1234]

I really dont like to dance samba with songs like those i like more to dance with songs that shakes me out!!! faster

[@Gamrin]

@00768245 I dont know if you've lived under a rock, but Slavik and Karina are world famous dancers.

[@ripdanny18]

@alexsampaio search for 'samba de gafieira'. is brazilian samba, and it is not "canival music". (:

[@mariabrigid1539]

Hello, i just wanna say that this beautifull presentation is what they call "International Ballroom Samba", a type of european dance that was developed from Maxixe - a extinct type of african-brazilian culture - not from samba. All the things that happen in samba culture for the last 70 years are still a unexplored field for europeans. Its time to explore it! Look for samba de gafieira (Jimmy de oliveira) in internet. It would be great to have a real samba version of samba in europe!

[@tmorrisdavies]

I can't stop laughing every time the music kicks in. This is an awful type of samba dance.

[@vgbasil]

If these steps are only the basics I don't wanna imagine how the advanced steps will be like.

[@catchage]

Hey! I'm asking again. Do somebody knows tittle this song? and who was composed this?

[@b321s]

Great example of competition samba. Karina and Slavik rocked.

[@anonymous10001000]

@seravi samba is a brazilian dance, and it came a long time before this fake samba!

[@Nonana]

Again this is not a BRAZILIAN samba... it is a INTERNATIONAL SAMBA from Dancesport.

[@cldudii]

in 0:18 it's a bota fogo ,but on 1:18 i don't know the name, its a different figure

[@alladonina]

I think you mean that these are classic samba steps cause these are far from basic.

[@cldudii]

promenade runs and rolls are also basic steps ;) Even beginning dancers dance them

[@shake1971gold]

One of the bestests sambas I have ever seen!!!

[@ThamyBessa]

qual é a dificuldade de usar a música samba pra dançar o samba?

[@anonymous10001000]

@seravi I DONT KNOW DANCE HISTORY????? HAHAHAHAHA XD THATS GOT TO B A JOKE

[@catchage]

I have a question. What is tittle that song ? And who is composer of that ?

[@seravi]

@anonymous10001000 So you're not actually stupid?

[@rapkiewa]

THIS IS NOT SAMBA MATE... SORRY, COME TO BRAZIL AND LEARN SOMETHING GOOD

[@seravi]

@ngattuso08 Because it's not Brazillian Samba.

[@gingermist21]

These two are better dancers than any one commenting could ever hope or dream of dancing like. Every one says Brazilian Samba is "way better", so I looked up some of these videos to see how "amazing " it is and please! The women have zero back action or hip rotation the guys are stiff as boards and they just do a bunch of tricks, leg flicks and bounce a lot . His movement is true rhythmical hers as well. I wouldn't say he has "feminine" hips though just because he can move them!

[@belzinhamalavasi]

sou brasileira e com certeza absoluta isso não é SAMBA !!!

[@sircamembert]

lol, nothing basic about what they just did~

[@kida2kida]

Who sang this video's version of "Eso Beso"?

[@anonymous10001000]

@seravi tht was sarcasm.......just in case u missed tht..........

[@Alyn08]

Does anyone know who sings this version of "Eso Beso"? I like it.

[@17teacmrocks]

i demonstrated basics from international samba at a brazilian pro samba team practice - they loved it. never heard of "man cannot have feminine hip movements" 123 ppl don't know dance.

[@maecellify]

@u2bMODERATOR haha! you have a point.. that would be wrong...

[@emkeytube]

even if they are gold figures they're still syllabus figures.

[@xxMTBxx]

@ripdanny18 again...i respect the fact that you put it nicely, but no exceptions will be made...i don't want arguments, i don't want this discussions...ALL these comments will be deleted because they don't have a point...

[@Freeddyy9898]

You are very nice ameters,but don´t woried it will by better